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Post by nick on Jul 22, 2021 6:11:58 GMT
Well I guess snobbery can be allowed. Facetious though? Seriously, it winds me up a little if people's opinions are dismissed. I'm sure there are big fans of Cinderella and they should be allowed this. Keeping with ALW, I saw original productions of JCS, Evita and Cats and I would put both of Regent Park's productions (JCS and Evita) above those productions - actually Cats was pretty special as well. But what do I know, my favourite musical performance of all was Menier's Pippin. The word facetious comes from the French facétie, “joke" or if you want to go back further, The word comes from the Latin facetia, meaning "jest." It wasnt a serious comment.... you know, like the ones you made above about Evita at Regents Park being good... Sorry tbfl, my comment was meant to be .... facetious. But it didn't work, drat. Bananas at dawn about Evita though.
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Post by nick on Jul 21, 2021 21:04:28 GMT
Well I guess snobbery can be allowed. Facetious though? Seriously, it winds me up a little if people's opinions are dismissed. I'm sure there are big fans of Cinderella and they should be allowed this. Keeping with ALW, I saw original productions of JCS, Evita and Cats and I would put both of Regent Park's productions (JCS and Evita) above those productions - actually Cats was pretty special as well. But what do I know, my favourite musical performance of all was Menier's Pippin. Yay! I LOVED that production of Pippin!!! I think it's just you and me on this forum. I don't mind - they reduced the tickets so much I could afford to see it 4 times.
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Post by nick on Jul 21, 2021 17:25:29 GMT
How very dare you - Dr Who has absolutely no shortcomings whatsoever! (Except the writing of the past two series….) For me it's been downhill since Troughton - an uplift with Russell T and then a slow decline again. But that's my age I think.
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Post by nick on Jul 21, 2021 17:23:02 GMT
"Cut So Long and write a new duet."
"I'd be devastated if they cut So Long!"
I think I can rest my case about differing opinions.
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Post by nick on Jul 21, 2021 17:21:20 GMT
Snobbery? Probably. Being facetious? 100%. Good for them if they enjoy it. At least it sets a very low bar for everything else they see after! Favourite productions? Joseph (1991) and kiss of The Spider Woman Anyone who thought that that production of Joseph was a stinker either didnt see it, (but no doubt has an opinion on it anyway) or they're just dead insode. Well I guess snobbery can be allowed. Facetious though? Seriously, it winds me up a little if people's opinions are dismissed. I'm sure there are big fans of Cinderella and they should be allowed this. Keeping with ALW, I saw original productions of JCS, Evita and Cats and I would put both of Regent Park's productions (JCS and Evita) above those productions - actually Cats was pretty special as well. But what do I know, my favourite musical performance of all was Menier's Pippin.
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Post by nick on Jul 21, 2021 15:25:36 GMT
There's some snobbery here, isn't there. Cinderella could genuinely be someone's favourite show. It's fun, tuneful with a slice of humour.
My favourite TV show is Doctor Who. I am WELL aware of it's shortcomings but I like it despite (or even because of) those shortcomings. It appeared in my life at the right time and hit the right places for me. I can easily imagine someone finding Cinderella doing exactly the same.
Tell us your favourite production and I can guarantee it wont match 99% of other people's and there will be a number of people who think it's a stinker.
Mine certainly wont be to everyone's taste - Dr Faustus, Manchester Royal Exchange in the mid80s with Ben Kingsley.
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Post by nick on Jul 17, 2021 18:06:15 GMT
So if anyone remembers my cross-nation (Scotland and England) vaccine issue a while ago, fortunately, the actual jabbing side is solved by the walk-in centres, so I can at least get protected asap. My MP did manage to get a response from the Scottish health secretary saying I should be ok. But now I have a new problem. Apparently, there is no connection on the back end for Scotland to see you've had a dose in England and vice versa. So I won't actually get a vaccine passport, and be stuck taking lateral flows for some time to come. Joy. I’m thinking you should get another jab in one of the countries. No harm being triple jabbed - early booster.
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Post by nick on Jul 14, 2021 19:40:53 GMT
Well once everyone has been vaccinated fully then deaths will certainly end up getting to that point yes. Until another variant throws everything up in the air again. Unfortunately lots of people catching it increases the chance of mutation.
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Post by nick on Jul 11, 2021 18:46:15 GMT
Other countries accept mask wearing, not for covid per se but for other airborne nasties - flu and cold for example.
If we come out of this with a society that is a little more aware of the importance of hand washing, sneezing into a hankie, not coughing over people and food, taking time off work when you are contagious so the whole office doesn't catch it and, YES, mask wearing, then that, to me, is a positive.
We have become complacent that the health service will keep us healthy all the time. But, for example, time is running out for antibiotics to work. We need to rethink our attitude and this pandemic has certainly given us a wake up call.
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Post by nick on Jun 22, 2021 17:25:42 GMT
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Post by nick on Jun 20, 2021 13:28:05 GMT
I always find annoying when they don't even try to cast a middle aged actress as Berthe. I understand the reasons why, but still it is not great. No Time at All is a great number and it's totally wasted on some 20 something chorus girl; it was particularly heinous in the recent Southwark production. That's something the Menier production got right (actually I loved the production but realise it wasn't liked by many). Gay Soper (dob 1945), Josie Lawrence (dob 1959), Caroline Quentin (dob 1960), Louise Gold (dob 1956) - all suitably grandmotherly.
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Post by nick on Jun 13, 2021 18:43:06 GMT
But it's about choice. An id card would be compulsory - all the other things are a choice. I agree about "who and where exactly". Freedom means 2 things - choice and enough information to make an informed choice. If you carry a phone in your pocket they already have far more information than any ID card would contain. Again I CHOOSE to have a smart phone. The day I have to carry a card (or smart device) to do normal activities is the day I feel my freedom has been taken away. It is happening by stealth but people can still (just about) choose to live a life without needing photo id. Only just.
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Post by nick on Jun 13, 2021 16:59:48 GMT
I'm much happier with the idea of an ID card (which Labour tried to bring in) than a fitbit-type watch sending my every breath and heartbeat detail to - well, who and where exactly? But it's about choice. An id card would be compulsory - all the other things are a choice. I agree about "who and where exactly". Freedom means 2 things - choice and enough information to make an informed choice.
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Post by nick on Jun 13, 2021 14:18:15 GMT
Is a pic of a dog as your avatar on, say, a theatre based message board Ok? Asking for a friend.... Absolutely! As is a pic of a bear 🧸, potato 🥔, pussycat 🐈, cartoon characters … bring ‘em on! But not at work 🙂 And there was I thinking it had to be a selfie standing in front of some stage set. I need to think outside of the box - children, 4 cats and a poodle coming up…..
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Post by nick on Jun 12, 2021 16:44:02 GMT
It's the notion of the changes being irreversible that's important and to business as well. Most would rather wait a bit longer knowing that once changes had been made they would not be reversed. Absolutely. We should see any delay as a commitment to irreversible changes. Having to roll back freedoms is worse than delaying the date.
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Post by nick on Jun 12, 2021 16:41:49 GMT
If everyone had to prove the same thing then there is no discrimination and no more interference with anyone's rights than anyone else. Same with ID cards - I really don't see the issue, we all have to hold driving licenses to drive and passports to fly, what's the problem? Probably not the right place for this but a general ID card is a million miles from a driving licence or a passport (you dont HAVE to have one for a start). I can live with a vaccine passport but ID cards cross a line for me.
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Post by nick on Jun 10, 2021 23:45:02 GMT
To me it seems those people who don't have much of a life anyway are more keen on keeping everyone else down with them, this virus has leveled the playing field for them, brought everyone down to their level. You’re honestly saying that those people who a cautious by nature, or more vulnerable to Covid (for example cancer sufferers), or introverts or simply don’t live a live style of parties are somehow lesser people than you? Wow that attitude just takes my breathe away.
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Post by nick on Jun 10, 2021 15:34:08 GMT
A few weeks delay with a clear reason and achievable goal (over 45s double vaccinated or something) is one thing, a vague "need more time for data and vaccines" is different and far harder to digest. Again I'm no fan of Boris but I'd amazed if he didn't do just as you suggest - "we will unlock when x,y,z is met". It will be interesting to see what they think x,y, and z should be. I think it'll be something like something like over 40s double vaccinated and hospitalisations holding steady or declining.
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Post by nick on Jun 10, 2021 10:25:08 GMT
There is a political angle to this remember. Of course the Government would like to open up, but if they do and it all goes wrong, then they will be responsible. No one, anywhere, wants to be the one to say things can open up when it may make them the one that people point the finger at if it goes badly. They didn’t have that attitude last year. Look at Christmas.
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Post by nick on Jun 10, 2021 9:58:48 GMT
Yes. Boris would love to end lockdown. He would be happy to see the bodies pile up. And for all of 2020 he watered down the lockdown as much as he could.
If he says we need to continue then (much as I don’t trust him in general) I think we can be fairly sure there is compelling evidence to support this.
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Post by nick on Jun 10, 2021 8:37:40 GMT
If it doesn't happen on 21st June, when the prevalence of respiratory diseases is low, it will NEVER happen. Bye bye theatre. Bye bye hospitality. Firstly that is, of course, ridiculous. Secondly, I never understood why people are clinging so desperately to the June 21st date. It was always, always emphasised that it was the earliest restrictions MIGHT be lifted. That so many people seem to think it is some kind of Freedom Day is their own fault for not listening to the wording. Yup. It was meant to be following the “data not dates” but that’s been forgotten.
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Post by nick on Jun 6, 2021 6:33:07 GMT
And the numbers of people who believe the anti vaxx nonsense on Facebook and Twitter is terrifying. That's why I believe critical thinking is something that should be taught in schools from an early age. There's only one truth but a million ways to lie, and it's terrifyingly easy for people to wrap themselves up in a blanket of nonsense because they lack the skills to see it as nonsense. So true. There must be research that shows that as soon as X people are involved in a conspiracy (let's says 1000) then it's doomed to fail. How can anyone believe that multiple world leaders (China, Russia, USA, France, Iran to name a few), members of the opposition, scientist, journalist and doctors can all keep the pretence up? It's beyond ludicrous.
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Post by nick on Jun 4, 2021 23:40:13 GMT
The overriding message is those going in to hospital are those that are eligible for a vaccine but haven’t had it. These people aren’t in hospital due to covid, just from ignorance. Please remember plenty of people are not vaccinated for valid reasons. “Can’t” rather than “won’t” or simply not eligible yet. Plus some people in hospital ARE vaccinated.
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Post by nick on May 30, 2021 20:13:58 GMT
I love watching credits but that's because if I'm watching a big film that was made in this country in the last 20/30 years chances are there'll be someone I know or know of in the credits, so I'm always looking for familiar names. Of course that's completely uninteresting to most people though so I can understand people's frustrations. However I do think it's good for people to see just how many people do work on the production of a large film and it's nice to be in the credits. I can understand the thoughts about shortened credits and only having key people there, but then who gets to be credited and who doesn't. I'd love to say the fairest way is that absolutely everyone should be credited but then that will never be the case as people can maybe only work on it for a few days, and loads of people aren't credited anyway. I can see it would be nice. But no other industry insists on credits. Why don't we have a list of those involved in making a book. Or a loaf of bread.
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Post by nick on May 30, 2021 9:40:41 GMT
Hmm. Lots of agreement with my last one. So how about end credits on films and TV. At the very least there's too many people credited. Does anyone really need to see who the electrician or the catering were? It. whilst I agree to an extent, I do get annoyed when they start talking over credits and shrinking the screen to promote what's coming next. Sometimes I at least want to see who's in the cast but never get the chance. I watch a lot of vintage tv and many programmes in the 60s had the cast and then a similar amount of others. Seemed about right. Films are just taking the mickey. Totally agree about shrinking - if they’re going to show them then we must be able to read them otherwise it’s totally a waste of time.
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